A man at a wedding in Vietnam stabbed a fellow guest to death and seriously injured another after he was booed off stage during a karaoke performance.
Nguyen Ngoc Diep, 44, started brawling with a guest who mocked his singing and stole the microphone from him at a ceremony in Tien Giang, southern Vietnam, on Thursday.
When a third guest, Le Hong An, 35, tried to break up the fight, Diep stabbed him several times. He later died in hospital, according to VNExpress news portal.
The man who snatched the microphone remains in hospital, according to Tien Giang province Senior Lieutenant Colonel Truong Van Sau.
Diep has been arrested, reported by Tuoi Tre newspaper.
Karaoke is popular across Vietnam, and the singing sessions are often fuelled by heavy alcohol consumption.
Wedding parties – also often booze-soaked events – are frequently accompanied by karaoke performances.
In April, two men were detained for murdering another patron after a heated argument at a karaoke bar in southern Ninh Thuan province.
started brawling with a guest who mocked his singing and stole the microphone from him at a ceremony on Thursday. When a third guest, Le Hong An, 35, tried to break up the fight, Diep stabbed him several times
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